Hi Ibrahim,
Certainly, it is always best to have someone else look at your writing, but sometimes that is not possible. That’s the point of having ways of checking your own stuff.
Thanks for your comment,
Deborah

Nicole is one smart woman; I do that all the time, even sometimes flipping the beginning and end paragraphs. The conclusion we build towards, sometimes it’s a much better attention getter and will make a strong point as an opening that draws readers into the post or story. Edit, reviewing and taking the break are musts; reading other things in between may also help you come at something with fresh eyes.

Let’s see. I let things sit, and I think about how people read: they scan. They read the heads, the pullout quotes, the captions. I look at the transitions and section breaks, I think about the graphics and how all that goes into it, how the bolded and bulleted parts are more likely to get read; so I make sure that’s where to make my points. FWIW.

Hi Davina,
Isn’t great that we can change whole paragraphs around with a couple of clicks? Can you imagine what editing must have been like back in the pre-word processor days? Finding a punchy sentence or paragraph is a great tip.
Thanks!
Deborah